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JAMES AUTHOR WORTHINGTON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1941 – April 23, 1969
Service recordJames Author Worthington, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 37
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 13, 1941
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 37
- WILLARD HAROLD TILL JRPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES WATTSSpecialist Five · April 23, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH WITTS JRSergeant · April 23, 1969
- WILLIAM PHILLIP WOFFORDSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.